Hair waver



July 7, 1.931. E N 1,813,243

HAIR WAVER Filed Nev. 21, 1929 J57 yam/ 2 Patented July 7, I 1 931 ANTON KRE'I'SCHAIN', OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS HAIR wAvEn 7 Application filed November 21,1929. Serial No. 408,697. I

The present invention'relat'es to a device intended to facilitate the mechanical handling of human hair to set a permanent or other wave. 3

The obj ects of the invention include an improved device facilitating setting the curl in hair; a unique mechanical structure for a device of the character noted; and improved means by which a pluralityof such mechanical members may be gauged one with another upon the head.

A secondary object of the invention is the provision of new and improved elements for a device of the character mentioned.

Additional objects of the invention include the provision of. pronounced novelty in mechanical detail, the cheapness of its manufacture, the simplicity of construction, and

v A the facility of use.

. manner in which such members maybe united;

Figure 4 is an end view taken on the line 4.-4= of Figure 3 for the purpose of showing the 'manner of jointure between adjacent members;

Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a transverse 6-6 of Figure 3; and

Figure 7 is a transverse section on the line 7-7 of Figure 1. V

The device comprises primarily a frame section on the line I 10' whichis' of U-sh'ape, somewhat elongated. The legs 11 thereof are curved from end to Y UmTEnsrATEs OFFICE end,-as is shown in the side view, Figure 2. i Sald member 10 may be of uniform, or genu erally uniform thickness. The base 12 of the U-shaped member 10-is substantially at right angles to the two side members 11.

' Frictional'ly and detachably disposed upon each of the legs 11 of this U-shaped member 10 is a V-shaped member 13, which at itsinternal ends has in-turned portions 14:, clearly llustrated in- Figures 6 and 7. Intermediate said end portions 14, each side of the member is indentedvto provide comb-like proections or teeth 15 which projections engage strandsof hair. 1

I At the external ends of each of the mem-' bers 13 there are outwardly bent fingers 16 which facilitate the removal of the member 13 from the legs 11 of the frame member 10. 5

As the curvature of the V-shaped member 13 is substantially the same as that of the legs 11 of the U-shaped member 10, and the legs 11 of the U-shaped member 10aresubstantially truly arcuate, the V-shaped' member 13 is held in a predetermined position when disosed upon one of the legs 11, and is not sub ject to vmaterial lateral displacement.

"There is sufficient frictional engagement between the material of the legs 11 and the V- shaped member 13 whereby the V-shaped member remains in any position on a leg 11 to whichit is moved, but itis not so firmly there held thatit cannot be readily moved from one position to another along said leg 11, or detached therefrom.

Intermediate said legs 11 is a track member 17 which comprises primarily an articulated strip of metal. Atone end of mem-' ber 17, there is a T-like extension 18 which is T rolled about the base 12 of the frame member 10 to provide ahinged connection between said members 10 and 17. I The body of-member 17, as is shown in Figures 4:, 5 and 6, comprises a .top section 19. sidemembers 20, and

inwardly extending flanges 21 which may be readily formed by articulating a metal blank.

At its outer end, said member 17 has lateral extensions 22 which are angularly disposed with respect to the body of the track member 17, the ends 23 of the extensions 22 being hooked or turned to provide catch portions which are shaped to readily engage and hold legs 11 of the frame member 10.

Normally the legs 11 of the frame member 10 are punched together in order to bring them within the spread of the catch members 23 and thereafter allowed to spring outwardly,so that said legs 11 are snapped under said hooks 23, thereby giving to the frame 10 a configuration in which the legs 11 thereof are maintained in parallel.

In the body portion of the member 17 is a block 24 to which bristles 25 of metal or fiber project, as is shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6. The body of said member 17 has a longitudinal slot 26 through which projects a handle men1ber 27 secured to said block section 24, the handle 27 being employed to facilitate ready movement of the block 2% in member 17. The bristle portion 25 may be moved by the aid of saidhandle 27 a distance equal to the length of the slot 26, this being desirable in order to pull upon a strand of hair between the two comb-like sections 15 to give to such hair a curl or sharply angular bend.

As is shown in Figure l, which is taken from Figure 3, legs 11 of adjacent members may be held in alignment after which a single member 13 may be forced thereover, one V shaped member 13 being sufficient between adjacent bristle sections 25 arranged in parallel therewith.

I claim:

1. A hair device comprising a legged frame, and toothed members adapted to be secured on the legs of said frame, each of'said toothed members having means for engaging the leg of a contiguous device whereby to secure a plurality of frames one to another.

2. A hair device comprising a U-shaped frame, and a comb-like member having a V- shaped cross section on the leg of said frame, said comb-like member being adapted to project around the leg of a frame member upon a contiguous device.

3. A hair device comprising a frame memher having parallel legs, a track intermediate said legs and hinged to said frame, a comblike member frictionally secured to each of said legs, and a bristled member slidably disposed in said track, said track having lateral extensions for engaging said legs.

4. A hair device comprising a frame member having parallel legs, a track intermediate said legs and hinged to said frame, said track having wing extensions, a comb-like member frictionally secured to each of said legs, and

hook portions on said wing extensions for securing said legs to said hinged track.

track.

ANTON KRET'SCHAN. 

